diff --git a/speedtest_cli.py b/speedtest_cli.py
index d93d5c3..895a6aa 100755
--- a/speedtest_cli.py
+++ b/speedtest_cli.py
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ def speedtest():
         servers = closestServers(config['client'])
 
     if not args.simple:
-        print_('Testing from %(isp)s (%(ip)s)...' % config['client'])
+        print_(('Testing from %(isp)s (%(ip)s)...'
+               % config['client'].encode('utf-8', 'ignore')))
 
     if args.server:
         try: